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stratocumulus

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stratocumulus: see cloud cloud, aggregation of minute particles of water or ice suspended in the air.

Formation of Clouds



Clouds are formed when air containing water vapor is cooled below a critical temperature called the dew point and the resulting moisture condenses into
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One, with rounded stratocumulus crests, resembles the petaled globes of hydrangea blooms; another is icy and polar, a rimed confection you don't see in Southern California except in undefrosted freezers.
According to Garratt (1992), the cloud-topped boundary layer can be broadly identified with a turbulent region in which patterns and ensembles of stratus, stratocumulus and cumulus clouds reside beneath a capping inversion.
How do you tell the difference between stratocumulus and nimbostratus clouds?
 
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